EWING — Ewing High School’s Trey Lowe won’t be playing college basketball in New Jersey, but he isn’t going too far. The senior guard announced via Twitter today that he has committed to Temple University — picking the Owls over VCU, SMU and Saint Joseph’s.

A 6-foot-5 inch, 165-pound, wing player, Lowe took Ewing to the NJSIAA Group III championship game last season, compiling a 27-5 record and averaging 27.8 points per game — good for third best in the state.

The senior, who is ranked 187th in his class by 24/7Sports, averaged 32.2 points per game in six state tournament games and established himself as one of the most explosive scorers in the state. Lowe is the first 2015 commitment for Temple and it is considered a critical one for the Owls, who were 9-22 last year, it’s first in the American Athletic Conference. Collegebasketballtalk.nbcsports.com called Lowe’s commitment “a much-needed boost for the program on the recruiting trail, and in Lowe the Owls have reeled in a player who will factor into their rotation upon his arrival on campus next fall.”

Lowe said he just wanted to make it official.

“Temple’s been with me ever since my sophomore year of high school,” Lowe told cityofbasketballlove.com yesterday evening. “So they’ve been like a big family to me. I was always comfortable when I stepped on campus. They have my major for Communications, so that just helped it out. I was ready to commit.”

The announcement comes less than two weeks after he cut his list to four schools, after previously considering Rutgers, Seton Hall, Drexel and Fordham.

“That was the original plan, but I just felt like I was ready to commit now,” Lowe said.
“I’ll do anything they want to bring Temple back to the old Temple. I just need to be the best player I can be.”

One reason Lowe chose Temple was its School of Media and Communications.

“The coach said there are a lot of jobs and internships I can get,” Lowe said. “So I want to start out local and then climb my way up the ladder. Just become the best reporter that I can be.”

With Lowe now a verbal commit, cityofbasketballlove.com speculated the Owls’ recruiting focus will likely shift to Lowe’s AAU teammate, Levan “Shawn” Alston Jr., and Jalen Brunson. Both Alston and Brunson are the sons of Temple basketball products, Levan Sr. and Rick, who both played under Hall of Fame coach John Chaney.

Jeremy Schneider of New Jersey Advance Media contributed to this report.